Last Night Already

So this is it...like Huey Lewis, this is my last night here. I can't believe how fast this all went. But I must say, I have no regrets. I did everything I could while I was here...from seeing a folk village to eating live squid, I covered all the bases. Thursday we went to an American diner, where we had a waiter that spoke perfect English; kind of surreal. I did all my souvenir shopping then; I wanted to get some authentic Korean things there, but ended up just getting what I thought looked cool. So I hope everyone likes them. Also on Thursday, I finally tried the live squid...it was as disgusting as it sounds. It has a really slimy texture and it even sticks to your lips if you don't eat it right away. You can dip it in a garlic flavored sauce to cut some of the taste, but it doesn't really help. The girl we were with, a Korean, must have ordered five persons' worth of squid and not one helping, because they brought out what looked like 10 pounds of live squid. It was moving just like they advertise; I even saw the eye in there. It took a lot of courage and Soju (a Korean dry vodka that tastes like rubbing alcohol) to gum those pieces down. It wasn't very filling though, even if it tasted good. My friend spent most of that night downing shots to numb the taste, and he got drunk enough to throw the Korean girl into a dirty seawater tank...safe to say, the female owners were not happy. I ended up going to McDonald's since the squid didn't do it for me. I broke three more stacks of tiles too; the third time, a woman paid me to do it, because I was "very strong" and I think her boyfriend wasn't. I kind of gave him the "I don't know" sign when she was soliciting me. I made sure that she paid me to do it, since I wasn't giving her a free show. I did end up breaking the stack no problem, and my friend told her to kiss me on the cheek. I felt like the naval officer in Times Square that dips the girl and kisses her. Who knows, maybe I'll stay here and become like Christopher Walken in The Deer Hunter: have people bet money on how many stacks I can break. My hand will be raw when I get back.

We even did some more karaoke after that; I ended up doing that three times in three days the last leg of the trip. My friend was worried we wouldn't be able to. I am now obsessed with some Korean songs, like "Insomnia" and "8282." We went to a bar after that, just to hang out, and that was our Thursday.

Friday was wild. We woke up at a typically late hour and went to a late Mexican lunch at On the Border. It sucks, but I have eaten better at the American restaurants than the Korean ones; it's not that I haven't tried the Korean food, but it is just too spicy for my liking. The waitress was also really cute, but since there was a language barrier, I passed. We then went bowling in this large complex. It was so hard to find; you had to go up to the 3rd floor, walk over, and then go to the 4th floor; it was like a goddamn maze. Anyhoo, we got there, and we had made a bet earlier that the loser would have to pay for drinks later that night. I ended up sweeping the three game series; I bowled a 163, 152, and a 140 something I think...I was pleasantly surprised. It was so hot in there; no windows, a lot of machines running, just bad. After that we came back and got ready for our double date. The girls ended up being almost an hour late, but they made it.

UPDATE FROM SAN FRANCISCO AIRPORT OVERPRICED INTERNET HUB: So basically I'm about to head home and I will finish the rest of the weekend when I get home: it involved a casino and ending my trip on an extremely high note...see you soon.